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ARMD NRA AWARDS: AVIATION SAFETY PROGRAM
Aircraft Aging and Durability Project
The Aircraft Aging and Durability (AAD) Project will develop advanced diagnostic and prognostic capabilities for detection and mitigation of aging-related hazards. The research and technologies to be pursued will decrease the susceptibility of current and next generation aircraft and onboard systems to premature deterioration, thus greatly improving vehicle safety and mission success. Emerging civilian and military aircraft are introducing advanced material systems, fabrication techniques, and structural configurations for which there is limited service history. There will be an emphasis in the AAD project on new material systems/fabrication techniques and the potential hazards associated with aging-related degradation. The intent is to take a proactive approach to identifying aging-related hazards before they become critical, and to develop technology and processes to incorporate aging mitigation into the design of future aircraft. Foundational research in aging science will ultimately yield Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization (MDAO) capabilities that will enable system-level integrated methods for detection, prediction, and mitigation/management of aging-related hazards for future civilian and military aircraft. Because of the potential broad applications for the AAD products to include commercial, military, and space vehicles, ARMD will be working with the FAA, DOD, and the NASA space directorates to develop these technologies.

The following are ROA-2006 NRA awards for the AAD Project, with the most recent listed first.


PI Last Name Title Organization State Award Date Year 1 Amount
Rice Development of Ductile Coatings to Protect Advanced Powder Metallurgy (P/M) Alloy Turbine Disks from Hot Corrosion Attack Honeywell AZ 03/24/2008 $178,603
Cox Damage Initiation in Virtual Tests for Composite Materials Teledyne Scientific and Imaging LLC CA 12/21/2007 $170,003
Larve Methodology and Computational Implementation of Cracking and Delamination Networks Modeling in Laminated Composites University of Dayton OH 11/23/2007 $141,000
Hazel Ductile Coating for Turbine Disk Hot Corrosion Protection General Electric Aviation OH 09/28/2007 $148,400
Curtin Multiscale Simulation of Fracture in Metallic Materials Brown University RI 09/27/2007 $110,000
Binienda Modeling and Testing of Aging Degradation Effects on Dynamic/Impact Performance of Advanced Braided Composites for Jet Engine Fan Cases/Blade Containment Systems University of Akron OH 09/26/2007 $105,000
Odegard Multiscale Modeling of the Effects of Physical, Chemical, and Hydrothermal Aging on Failure of Graphite/Epoxy Composites Michigan Technological University MI 09/24/2007 $54,000
Benzerga Multiscale Computational Framework for Ballistic Impact Performance of Jet Engine Blade Containment Systems Texas A&M TX 09/22/2007 $82,000
Jacob Molecular Modeling of Interface and Bulk Polymer Structures and Aging Characteristics in Composites Georgia Institute of Technology GA 09/20/2007 $177,000
Howe Quantitative Assessment of Metal Fatigue Microstructures for Validation of Nonlinear Ultrasonic Fatigue Measurements and Analytical Models University of Virginia VA 09/18/2007 $175,000
Bowler Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation of Wire Insulation and Models of Insulation Material Properties Center for Nondestructive Evaluation IA 09/14/2007 $171,000
Lissenden Nondestructive Evaluation of Polymer-Matrix Composites and Joints Using Ultrasonic Guided Waves Pennsylvania State University PA 01/31/2007 $113,940
Ingraffea Multi-Scale Simulation of Cracking Processes in Metallic Materials Cornell University NY 01/31/2007 $122,753
Schreier Quantifying Deformations on the Microscale: Development of a SEM-Based Measurement System with Software Implementation Capable of Measuring Crack Tip Strains Correlated Solutions, Inc. SC 01/31/2007 $149,997
Sutton Prediction of Stable Tearing Along Arbitrary 3D Crack Surfaces in Metallic Structures: Criteria validation and Crack Path Predictions under Mixed Mode Loading University of South Carolina SC 01/17/2007 $150,000
Kelly First-Principles Calculations of the Structure and Energetics of Al/Water Interfaces of Relevance to Corrosion and Fatigue University of Virginia VA 12/22/2006 $143,178
Jou Application of Computational Materials Design Technology and Accelerated Insertion of Materials Methodology to the Microstructure Modeling of Dual Microstructure Heat-Treated Nickel-Based Turbine Disk Alloys Under Processing and Service Conditions QuesTek Innovations LLC IL 12/04/2006 $124,982
Gregory Semi-conductive Oxides for High Temperature Thin Film Sensors Applications University of Rhode Island RI 10/01/2006 $102,340



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